Sewing a Time Machine…// Victorian Era Dress

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What is the through line for everything I've been doing the past several years? It's HISTORY! I absolutely LOVE stepping into the past, and any chance I get to TIME TRAVEL, I will take it. In this video, my dear friend Ellen teaches me how to sew a Victorian era dress.
Special THANK YOU to my friend Ellen for flying all the way over from Germany to help with this project! Please go check out her channel here!: @CraftsWithEllen She is an amazing teacher, and great friend!
Cheers!
0:00 Intro
0:44 Looking for sewing patterns
1:25 Cutting the patterns
2:40 Help from the future
3:27 Anne learns to sew again
7:54 Sewing the jacket
11:46 The first reveal (without jacket)
14:30 The second reveal (with jacket)
14:45 The Why
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[@AnneofAllTrades]

Make sure you check out Ellen’s channel!! youtube.com/@CraftsWithEllen

[@karenhelser2834]

As a retired home economics teacher, I am impressed, Anne. Your friend, Ellen is amazing to fly from Germany to help you. What a good friend and so patient, too. A lined garment as your first project is quite the undertaking....way to go! Sewing is a life skill so seldom used anymore except for maybe quilting which is a popular art. Look forward to your next adventure! Thank you for sharing, Anne! Your outfit is lovely!

[@ecospider5]

They used the new sewing machine because they were experienced with it. A foot powered sewing machine is not slower but it is a completely different tool. I have my grandmothers singer machine and I can guarantee she could use that to make a dress just as fast as a person in their home using a new machine. But learning to use a foot powered machine would have taken time so using the tool they knew made sense.

[@markg.1159]

I'm waiting for the follow-up collab with Bernadette Banner.

[@lalystar4230]

@@markg.1159 Yes! me too! putting that old singer to actual use!

[@ecospider5]

@markg.1159 Wow she has a great channel.

[@drewblack749]

My grandparents were Tailors in the 40’s, 50’s 60’s. They learned on the old machines. Perfection would describe their skills. BTW-they met in deaf school. They made a fine living in a world that provided that possibility. Great video. Thank you.

[@SunraeSkatimunggr]

Sorry for laughing so much through this, but I grew up sewing my own clothes. Good Job!!!

[@siobhancapell]

I was also born about 200 years too late. It's hard to find a place to fit in the current world, isn't it? It's all coming back, but a little too slowly. All the best on your mental and emotional health journey as we both attempt to navigate modernity. 😆 Great dress! I've recently fixed two treadle sewing machines. They're such a joy and will outlast us.

[@tree_carcass_mangler]

@11:45 OMG, you have one of THOSE lamps??!!?? But seriously sewing is something I've lately become curious about. Thanks for the inspiration! Thumbs up.

[@christineb8148]

An ambitious and beautifully completed first sewing project! It's cool to see a woman who is so competent at many things being tentative at a new skill, one that I am fairly competent in, because it makes me feel like I might, with some help, become first tentative and then more confident at other new skills that she already has. make sense? Maybe not, but it helps remind me that everyone starts as a beginner at some point.

[@mudcrutched1]

Ellen “ It’s disgusting and I Love It!” Best quote ever

[@daveharrington7500]

Anne Anne Anne, The enthusiasm you show in all of your projects is beyond measure and your shinning smile is always there.

[@AnneofAllTrades]

Thank you Dave! Glad to hear that feedback :)

[@CraftsWithEllen]

It was such a pleasure to share a week with you Anne. Trading skills and teaching each other, eating new foods, milking the cow and goats, you've created a magical place on that farm of yours. And you were an excellent student, it's amazing how much of that dress and jacket you made yourself!!

[@AnneofAllTrades]

Ellen you are such a treasure. We love you so much and we can’t wait to have you back!!

[@GregoryWeirauch]

I guess you need to name the farm Green Gables so you can be Anne of Green Gables. Really nice job.

[@AnneofAllTrades]

Funnily enough my first idea for a name for my business was “Anne of Green Tables” but I didn’t think many people would get it

[@lalystar4230]

Honestly, Now I kinda would love to see a collab between you and Bernadette Banner, with the both of you so engrossed in the victorian and edwardian era. I think that would be so amazing

[@reneelavoie9807]

WoW! What an accomplishment! Bravo!🎉

[@markg.1159]

Absolutely! I'm a big fan of both.

[@lalystar4230]

@@markg.1159 same!

[@andrewpinson1268]

I have tackled all types of machines in the shop by myself, learned to use and repair and being single I bought a sewing machine thinking - just another machine - no problem. So far it is kicking my backside. But the war is not over.

[@debcarroll8192]

Your dress is actually a style from the Regency period (Jane Austen's time), which was earlier than the Victorian period. The dress and spencer turned out so beautifully! Sewing some stays next would make the dress silhouette perfect, if you care about that. I wish you all the best as you continue your sewing journey!

[@stephwessel7346]

Very cool! Makes me want to get my sewing machine cleaned and get to work!

[@stevekubien6680]

That's a BIG first sewing project. Ruffles, proper lining, and TWO separate pieces?!?! Makes me glad that my "period" garb making was all single layers and mostly straight lines. One more thing... Sleeves inside out and backwards, especially where the gores are concerned is not a dyslexia issue. It is most definitely a have-not-done-this-a-bazillion-times-before issue.

[@Maiden_Warrior_Crone]

You called Walmart "the local mill"! Oh my goodness I don't think I'll ever stop laughing! 😅 I'm definitely going to start referring to shops in that manner. Too fun!

[@AnneofAllTrades]

😂😂😉

[@LukeofAllTrades.]

A sewing machine opens up so many options for crafting and making your own things. Congrats on obtaining a new skill!

[@MarkWYoung-ky4uc]

A card catalog of dress patterns. That's a new look for you Anne. I like it!

[@adelheidsnel5171]

Ellen du bist fantastisch! Ik dacht eerst dat je Nederlands was ( Sinterklaas) …Anne you’re adorable: we are learning with you and literally clapping our hands at the end results❤

[@klaarvollenberg2413]

I think she is but now living in Germany.

[@SmallpotatoesA]

Well done AOAT! Puffed sleeves for Ann with an E!

[@pitsnipe5559]

I remember when I was around five years old my mom went berserk when she caught me cutting paper with her pinking shears.

[@johnjude2685]

I got into BlackSmith 4 years ago to build great woodworking tools cheap and this spring, I expect to then return to woodworking .Some day someone hopefully gets my tools and see great tools are a joy. Lady, you are great. Congratulations on your achievements and thanks for showing

[@mdhebert]

I could not have guessed that Ellen would show up *here*. Great fun. :)

[@kayci2058]

Kudo's Anne. Great job. I love your old machine. Im much older but grew up with the same mind set. It's great to see a young person gaining skills. Keep at it. It's always worth it, in the end.

[@timothymallon]

I learned the basics of how to use a sewing machine when I was a kid, from my mom. When the pandemic hit, I made the whole family masks using an old cast iron Singer! I feel for you, working with a sewing machine. They aren't very forgiving for us noobs!

[@anaphylaxis2548]

😆 Everyone in my house knows not to use the "good scissors" for anything other than fabric. Nicely done!

[@sdspivey]

You're good at so many things, it is hard to imagine that you wouldn't really know something as basic as sewing. This is the excitement of life, doing something new. BTW, you need a bonnet if you're going to be a proper Victorian.

[@GWPHomestead]

My mom told me the same thing!! Fabric scissors were for nothing but fabric!

[@richardforster9816]

I have followed you for a while and much admired your ability to turn your hand to skills which most of us could only dream of. I taught my wife to Sew even though her Mam was an excellent seamstress. So your effort is absolutely fabulous, now the whole world of sewing, fabric and pins that sometimes attack you is ow open. ENJOY😂.

[@paperyakuk]

I make my own clothes and can I say that you took to this like a duck to water! Clearly your friend is an excellent teacher but you’re also an excellent learner. Here’s to more clothes making in the future! Well done Anne!

[@jennybuzek2091]

I have also been on a journey to learn many of the skills of our forefathers and mothers! Good for you to step outside your comfort zone and get such a great sharing of experience with you and your friend!

[@alskjflaksjdflakjdf]

Man, great job on the dress and what a statement you make with it. I hope Adam enjoys chasing you around the kitchen/sewing room/workshop/smithy/barn! :P

[@sgsax]

Ellen's channel is great, I would love to take a class with her! The outfit turned out great, so lucky to have friends who are happy to teach you new skills. Thanks for sharing!

[@WayneSmith-yf3fg]

REally nice! I can remember my mother and Grandmother having patterns spread out over the dining room table.

[@allonesame6467]

Congratulations!! Milestones achieved: Celebration 💃🎉🎉🎈🎈🥳🥳🎊🎊

[@leigh2e200]

Ellen Seems like the best friend ever. Congrats on learning to sew. It's a fabulous hobby!

[@MichaelKapsner]

Anne you are such a joy! Thank you so much for sharing, all the best...

[@AnneofAllTrades]

Absolutely my pleasure!

[@donna1018]

Oh my mother would get so mad when her sewing scissors disappeared!

[@SmartMass]

I have a goal to build the house and all the furniture. I never thought about all the clothing and other sewing projects. Thank you for the inspiration, again, AoAT!

[@thomastieffenbacherdocsava1549]

Hey Anne, Nicely done! Great and patient teacher, Adam did a great job of putting this together, You've gotten more relaxed in presentation and this was probably great inspiration for others who want to learn how. I bought an old sewing machine many years ago with the imagined clothes I would make, Still have the old singer machines in the back room, but I can buy my work shop clothes at a discount . Great collaboration of the whole team to get this video up!

[@adamofnotrades]

Thank you! 🙏

[@tomas5376]

You look absolutely beautiful in your hand made dress!

[@simonr6793]

Anne just goes to show that you're able to do anything that you put your mind too ✨️. The woodworking, the blacksmithing and the whole farming process are feathers 🪶 in your cap as the saying goes. Then there you go and add another one to the list, congrats to you girl. Vivian Westwood and the likes better watch out as here comes Anne of ALL trades with her Victorian Vixen Collection for 2023 spring/summer!!!. Anne as always 💯% 👍 🇬🇧.

[@reforzar]

Ellen is the best!🎉🎉🎉

[@jan-reiniervoute6701]

The left handed sewing machine is called needle and thread. Regards from another southpaw.

[@minivandreamin1789]

I love this so much! I too feel like I was born too late in time. I’m definitely an old soul. Beautiful dress! I’m so jealous!

[@edmarmatis5195]

I got to tell Anne, that I have spent the last hour going through your videos, you have a way of story telling and making people navigate through your journey. I have come to this country about 9 years ago and I admit that until recently I still this stereotyped vision of the american way of living that has changed drastically as I navigate through history like yours. Please continue learning and inspiring people.

[@stevedesantolo6794]

Given all the videos I have watched of you & yours' journey, this is one of my fav videos to date. You seem so focused and happy. Thanks for sharing

[@trimbaker1893]

a magnet is great for finding pins.

[@johnfithian-franks8276]

Hi Anne, I want to explain the life of my mother. She met my farther when she was a welder in the Portsmouth dockyard during the second world war . After getting married she started work in the “colour loft” where she learnt to make uniforms for the navy and she was in a group that got more money providing she worked harder. If you had an accident and got your finger court in the sowing machine you were docked a half penny because you marred the material with your blood, I don’t think a manager would get away with that nowadays. she was so good at looking at someone and being able to make clothes for them without a pattern and they fit like a glove. She was asked to make the small emblems to go on the King and Queens car because she was the best in the colour loft. When my farther was moved to Eaglescliffe she had to say behind until they could find someone who could take her place. She continued to make all my clothes. She made a duffel coat for me and when I was standing waiting to be let into the school other mothers kept coming up to me and asking where I had gotten my duffle coat, she ended up making them for my whole class. when I was seventeen and she made my first suit for my interview for a job within the MOD. I later got a suit made to measure and when she saw me in it she took me back to the tailor and complained about the way it was made, the tailor listened to what she had to say and then informed her that if they made clothes to that standard they would be out of a job within the week and the price he would have to charge would be through the roof. you remide me of her, the way you continue to learn and implement different things

[@ThornAndel]

Cheers luv, good job you. Your dress looks amazing and I hope you realize your dreams. BTW: 200 years ago would be the Regency Era not Victorian. Just saying. Thanks for your videos.

[@williamellis5860]

What a magnificent video Anne you truly are a Modern day pioneer. Ellen thank you so much for flying in to help my buddy God bless you. Hi to your mom and Adam.

[@rickshick8544]

Anne, thank you for this episode! In fact, thank you for all your episodes. I love learning from you.

[@kypie8]

You are amazing & a true renaissance woman! ❤ I love how you bring back pieces of history into the modern era. Kudos to Ellen & Adam (& the rest of your team) for all of their tremendous help. You are very fortunate to have friends & loved ones that support your dreams. The dress you made is beautiful & something to be very proud of. I can see that you have a curious, creative mind, paired with a survivor mentality. You, madam, are a rarity. 💎 P.S. I laughed @11:46 when you showcased your “Major Award” lamp 🤣 I actually bought the same lamp for my dad this last Christmas (& I wrapped it in a box I labeled FRAGILE {fra-jee-lee })! “A Christmas Story” was a yearly viewing tradition for our family when I was growing up

[@jcsrst]

Looks like this project was a lot of fun for you!!

[@GibClark]

👍👍👍👍👍and Elllen !! Totally coooooooool

[@WeWillServeJehovah]

Can Ellen come visit me ❤! I really need her sewing skills, but mostly her beautiful personality. Let's all strive to be like Ellen.

[@trimbaker1893]

You are an interesting and likeable person. It would be a nice thing to be a neighbor , you know, not next door, but somewhere on the next hill over....

[@ceegee1070]

LOVE LOVE LOVE THIS!!! ❤❤❤

[@carolynmaccord3635]

What a great project! I told my sister that demoing half my chicken coop and then replacing/rebuilding it with wood scraps around the farm was similar to sewing with a clothing pattern and scraps. I love your dress and mind set. Go Anne!

[@shadowlandsfarmandcreamery5400]

Love this so much! Well done, Anne!❤😊 subscribed to Ellen's channel and can't wait to learn from her too❤😊😁

[@JuanGarcia-1125]

Wooooow! Eres una mujer maravillosa Anne. No te cansas de aprender cosas nuevas (oficios, técnicas, etc)y siempre lo haces EXCELENTE! He llorado al principio del vídeo cuando vi esa antigua máquina de coser. Recordé a mi difunta madre sentada cosiendo en una Singer de antes de 1900 (mi madre nació en 1931) Gracias por compartir las metas que te pones y vas alcanzando. Ése vestido 👗 quedó sensacional! Felicidades y saludos para toda tu familia desde Reynosa México!!!

[@marywangen4696]

Oh! How much trouble I got into for stealing my Mom's sewing scissors and pinking (sp) shears for my art projects!

[@wayneu1233]

You do such cool stuff. I very much enjoy your videos.

[@godseeker7628]

Thanks for sharing your joy of this wonderful experience! Keep being you and enjoy your creative genius! I think you’re awesome to keep trying new things and also love that era!

[@pqrstsma2011]

11:50 ooh pretty! definitely different from what i usually see you in on this channel

[@edrosa5079]

you look Gorgeous in this dress

[@Michael-dx5fq]

I came across your channel a few weeks ago. I have to say that you're pretty cool. I've subscribed.

[@fredericrike5974]

Anne, like some many of the things you do, sewing has analogues all the way to the present- and new skills and materials that took them to here. You are achieving new heights because, any handicaps or distractions haven't got a chance vs. your resolve and patience! Watching you work on cloth made me think of my grandmother who was more tailor than seamstress- she made fine tailored women's suits and accessories as well as men's jackets of wool and other cloths. It's good to see you at home in yourself again- your distress when so many things seemed determined to disrupt you was a tough thing- glad it has got better! PS; Now tackle your take on those "patented" hoodies you wear so often- how would you re imagine them?

[@GWPHomestead]

This was so much fun! Dress looks great.

[@robb1267]

Gorgeous dress and a wonderful video watching you three masters complete it together.

[@SunandRein]

Ahhhhh so cool!!!! I mean like all the things you do are cool but this is SOOO COOOOL! I think especially because your friend came so far to come create with you AND she got to try some American classics along the way. Imagine life without Mac n Cheese or Pumpkin Pie?! How?! All the things 🔥🔥👏👏 so cool, so rad, so goals. Lol

[@bolerkai]

Cutting cardboard is one of the best ways to dull scissors/knives.

[@trackerjacker0013]

I know that in this space I’m a no one. I’m really fine with that. Very anxious and shy. I’d like to add net making to your set of skills if you’d like. I learned it strangely enough via KZbin, and my family up here in the north. If there’s ever any way that I can help you, especially with hand carving, or bushcraft, I’m happy to do it. I’m still learning myself. I know that there are people like Dave Canterbury and Dan Wolwack(sp), but you were my first off grid channel and I absolutely love your “how I got here” tale. Very similar to mine. My girl loves your pizza and garden stuff. I love the carving and craft. If you need us. Just call. Could use a break from 9 months of winter.😉🤗

[@edrosa5079]

My Grandma had one of these

[@anthonyreves7022]

My mother is a seamstress we still on the phone company in California and then we came back to Arizona and the 70s they sold it and then my mother always tells me that I was born too late because I like the wild wild West and how they lived fascinate over the way that they traveled and what they did to survive back to that way of living is the simple away and living seasons and Harmony is the best way to go and live today I live in according to the four seasons food and everything that we have

[@lbartol2311]

Again your excitement and the friends that you can call on for different skills is something I appreciate. Congratulations to you both!!

[@ranielson2854]

Wow! ✨Anne✨ I’m absolutely very impressed…. Your new clothes that you made are stunningly Beautiful! Great job!

[@trimbaker1893]

I bake good pastries and I am good with a chainsaw and I climb trees and rig timber pretty well. I love to split wood with a six pound maul and I feed folks that break down on the road out here, up in the mountains of western North Carolina. I think folks try to make it as far as my driveway before they give up, just for good carrot cake and coffee while I fix their car and send them on their way....

[@meteorplum]

Did Ellen have you tie a piece of fabric or ribbon around the handle of the fabric scissors? Because I gasped when she did in the video.

[@billbutler2446]

oh, so cool to see Ellen with Anne. I love watching her videos. To see both of you together is joy!

[@the_Mrs.]

Anne, this is probably the first and only time I’ve felt like I could match your skills. Only because I’ve been sewing since I was 10. Although I’m still kinda jealous of your friendships, this looked like a really fun time.

[@the_Mrs.]

😅ready for the apocalypse lol

[@smiley9872]

Fantastic!

[@calolson9572]

I've been a fan of Elllen for a while now - how cool to see two of my favorite creators working together!!!

[@donna1018]

So beautiful! Well done!!

[@makingitthrough190]

Lovely video. Fun, but also a bit serious about being resilient. I am wondering if you have read “Sisters in the Wilderness”? Based on the writings of Susanna Moodie and Catharine Parr Traill, (author Charlotte Gray).

[@TrevorHigginsDustysqueak]

Ellen is the best! Great to see you both doing a project.

[@andrewdalzell99]

Love it 😊

[@jeffmoss26]

This is amazing

[@amodernmidwesthomestead4090]

Very, very cool! I love learning traditional skills and hand making things. I really enjoyed this video

[@AnneofAllTrades]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@WishingonaFarm12]

Fabulous 👏👏👏 I absolutely love the older days. Furniture, clothes, tools, appliances you name it. I think everything was made with pride and to last unlike stuff made today is crap for the most part. I love your channel and you and Adam are a great team. I just started sewing small things and hope to make my own clothes too. Have a blessed day

[@amyofmelbourne]

Next time you want to sew something historical try an indie pattern company like folkwear or black snail or red threaded. Also see some historical seamstresses like Nicole Rudolf. Great job!!!

[@welderman1221]

Very good!!!

[@kimberlyscrivner9373]

I love every bit of it! So glad that you can live this.

[@megmcginnis239]

Great job 🎉

[@tonyburelle6633]

Definitely a cool video, of course I'd expect nothing less, Thank you for sharing Anne

[@AnneofAllTrades]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@tonyburelle6633]

Very much so

[@TomStedham]

An awesome video. Great work!

[@ronaldkirby9299]

Very cool journey its worth more then any dollar could be.

[@benmoffitt7524]

What a fantastic job you guys did! And what a great friend Ellen is!